About the time the US Army was considering adopting the M-1 Garand, without completely dropping the Springfield BA- both in .30-06 Gov't cal.-- Johnson offered a ten shot gas operated semi-auto rifle in the same std. caliber- instead of the 8 round enbloc clip the Garand used, the Johnson had a rotary magazine, perhaps the idea taken from the Savage M99 lever action with a rotary magazine, not 100% sure on that. The Johnson had a distinctive "pot-bellied" look, but it was reliable, offered 2 more rounds to the operator than the Garand, and had slightly fewer operational components than the Garand. RIA auction house sometimes has them offered in their catalogues, and if you want to see what one looks like, perhaps you could e-mail RIA and ask for details--RWTF
